ASPIRE: An SFS Program for Interdisciplinary Research and Education (Renewal)

全国越来越多的人认识到劳动力多样化的重要性，一方面是为了满足计算机科学相关专业（包括网络安全）对合格员工的巨大需求，另一方面是为了促进思想和经验的多样性，以支持改进解决问题的能力。该项目旨在建立和扩展纽约大学网络军团(R)服务奖学金（SFS）项目的成功，包括对SFS项目实施几项创造性的修改和增强，以增加纽约大学网络安全项目中的性别多样性。该计划的其他方面还包括指导计划和校友校园访问，以建议和帮助学生进入联邦政府的行政部门；更重视学生的研究项目，并根据学生的准备和愿望提供深入的技术和跨学科的学习经验。这些努力将提高学生的创造性思维能力，使他们成为更好的网络安全专业人员。利用在课程中获得的知识和技能，毕业生将为迎接保护我国信息和基础设施资源的挑战做好充分准备。这个更新项目将利用和改善现有的SFS项目所产生的资源和基础设施。该项目将由纽约大学网络安全中心（CCS）运营，该中心汇集了纽约大学不同学院的互补专业知识、教师创新和学生热情，以提高安全和隐私的知识水平和实际应用。该中心包括来自坦登（工程）、法律、斯坦哈特（伦理、哲学、教育）、瓦格纳（公共政策）、斯特恩（商业和经济）和纽约大学阿布扎比分校（工程）的教师。最优秀的学生将从所有学校录取。该项目将支持一项教育计划，该计划依赖于一系列高质量的网络安全课程，参与由教师监督的研究项目，在纽约大学和政府暑期实习期间的实践经验，在纽约市的学期学分实习，参与课程活动，包括与更广泛的网络安全中心的行业合作伙伴的比赛和徽章，以及通过CSAW的外展活动。世界上最大的学生安全活动。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

There is a growing national recognition of the importance of diversifying the workforce, both to fill the huge demand for qualified employees in computer science related professions, including cybersecurity, and to promote diversity of thought and experience, to support improved problem-solving. This project aims to build on and extend the success of the current CyberCorps(R) Scholarship for Service (SFS) program at New York University, including implementing several creative modifications and enhancements to the SFS program to increase gender diversity in NYU's cybersecurity program. Additional aspects of the program will include mentorship programs and campus visits by alums to advice and help place students in the executive branch of the federal government; placing a stronger emphasis on research projects by the SFS students, and deeply technical as well as interdisciplinary learning experiences depending on the student's preparation and aspiration. These efforts will sharpen the student's ability for creative thinking, making them better cybersecurity professionals. Using knowledge and skills obtained in the program, the graduates will be well prepared to meet challenges of protecting the information and infrastructure resources of our nation.This renewal project will leverage and improve the resources and infrastructure generated by the current SFS program. The program will be run by NYU's Cyber Security Center (CCS) which brings together complementary expertise, faculty innovation, and student enthusiasm from different schools at NYU to enhance the state of knowledge and practical application of security and privacy. This center includes faculty from Tandon (Engineering), Law, Steinhardt (Ethics, Philosophy, Education), Wagner (Public Policy), Stern (Business and Economics) and NYU Abu Dhabi (Engineering). The best qualified SFS students will be admitted from across all the schools. The project will support an educational program that relies on a number of high-quality courses in cybersecurity, participation in research projects supervised by faculty, hands-on experience both at NYU and during summer internships at the government, semester for-credit internships in New York City, participation in curricular activities including competitions and badges with industry partners of the broader cybersecurity center, and outreach activities through CSAW, the largest student run security event in the world.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.